Aunt Nora's Mock Lobster

• 2 pounds mixed ground beef, veal and pork
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 cups bread crumbs
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup horseradish
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 18 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
• 1/4 cup ketchup; more for garnish
• 8 strips bacon

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a bowl, combine everything but the bacon.
3. Mix, using your hands, until well blended.
4. In a roasting pan or iron skillet, shape the mixture into a lobster.
5. With the ketchup, either rub a thin coating all over the lobster or make lines for visual appeal.
6. Wrap the bacon slices across the tail or at joints, so everyone gets a little.
7. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, covering the "claws" with foil after 40 minutes so that they don't dry out.

mixed ground beef, eggs, bread crumbs, onion, green pepper, milk, horseradish, mustard, salt, ground pepper, ketchup, bacon

Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1773 (may not work)